When Apple announced the iPad, I was so unimpressed and bored with it, I couldn't even muster a "meh." It seemed to solve a problem that didn't exist, and while I kept waiting for Apple to make the case for it, I don't think they ever did. I mean, if I'm going to spend five hundred fucking dolla...

When Apple announced the iPad, I was so unimpressed and bored with it, I couldn't even muster a "meh." It seemed to solve a problem that didn't exist, and while I kept waiting for Apple to make the case for it, I don't think they ever did. I mean, if I'm going to spend five hundred fucking dolla...

When Apple announced the iPad, I was so unimpressed and bored with it, I couldn't even muster a "meh." It seemed to solve a problem that didn't exist, and while I kept waiting for Apple to make the case for it, I don't think they ever did. I mean, if I'm going to spend five hundred fucking dolla...

@Maria:
"I'd say that being an atheist in itself does not take away the fear of death (or to be more precise the fear of losing a life you are now acutely aware off and can't think away, not being dead per se)."
While I've never been religious, I'd say that being religious would take away the fear of death. After all, you will just go on living for eternity... Being an atheist means you decide to acknowledge the facts and you learn to live with them.

I've decided to make it Quotations Week on the Atheist Meme of the Day. Here's today's Atheist Meme of the Day, from my Facebook page. Pass this on; or don't; or make up your own. Enjoy! "I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suff...

It turns out that all this talk about getting excited and making things, uh, got me excited to make something. I don't remember the precise moment this hit me, but I'm pretty sure it happened during one of those times I felt stuck on a story or something, and decided to get out of my office and ...

I recently discovered your weblog and books through my wife, and after listening to a couple of episodes a day—one episode is roughly equivalent to going from and to my home—I turned to your historical RFB podcasts for a "fresh" supply. I definitely enjoyed that quite a bit as well. I'd say that this whole podcast thing is also great advertising, because I'm definitely considering to buy the audio version of Just A Geek now, even though we do own a paper copy of the book (that I haven't read yet).
Also, I've heard you talk about people disliking Wesley in the podcasts. I just figured I'd say that I did like him when I was a 6-10 years old kid—or so, I don't remember precisely when it aired on Dutch TV. At the time I had to rely on subtitles, but when I watched the entire series of TNG a couple of years ago I had the impression that when Wesley was somewhat annoying, he was was seldom alone. Or in other words, the plot tended to be weaker all round, but Patrick Stewart was saved by, well, being Patrick Stewart—most of the other characters didn't have that luxury.

Holy crap! It's time for Memories of the Futurecast. Memories of the Future, Volume One, covers the first 13 episodes of TNG, so each week, I'm choosing something from one episode, and performing an excerpt for you. It will mostly be from the synopses, which is where I think the real humor of th...